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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • johnwater@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnwater <johnwater@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:56:19 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMMES

FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION
PROGRAMME.

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been selected as one of the winners of the Worldwide AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of US$ 2,500,000,.00 (Two million five hundred thousand United States Dollars only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is WWPL/ADLP/ 61-812087; ticket number 003-214-39/A. We in the Worldwide AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION is by this program,launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting the participants from an initial database of 10,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize is to be handled by our paying agents in overseas and also in Africa here. You are to contact the officer in charge of this programme
MR. Johne Smith
Email: johnwater@myway.com
within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact
details below:

Mr. MR. Johny Smith
LOTTO DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMMES
Email: Email: johnwater@myway.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery
information below:
Draw Serial No: 35/751346
Batch No: 06-A852
Zonal Draw No: A2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
Winners Certficate No:E021453

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.
Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your respective category Prize Transfer handlers. Congratulations once again from the Worldwide Premier Lotto family.
Sincerely,

Mrs.johnwater








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